Federal debt held by the public now surpasses the total value of the nation's economic output. Here's why experts say that's ...

The US national debt passed another grim milestone Thursday when the latest data showed that government debt held by the public has surpassed America's total annual economic output.

The richest man in the world joins prominent financial leaders in supporting a plan to lower the deficit to 3% of GDP.

U.S. national debt held by the public has surpassed the size of the economy for the first time since World War II, reaching over 100% of GDP in March.

A new bipartisan survey finds near-universal concern that the national debt is driving up everyday costs, as fiscal ...

The United States' national debt is on track to double over the next three decades amid a rush of spending by the White House ...

Last week’s grim news about America’s publicly traded debt should be a blaring emergency siren — and a wake-up call. Data ...

Breaking down the national debt. Every year, the United States government spends money on programs and services like Social Security and healthcare while receiving revenue through methods like federal ...

The milestone marks a symbolic and economic threshold, with federal debt now roughly twice its historical average relative to the size of the economy. Outside of a brief distortion early in the ...

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The U.S. national debt is now larger than the economy as a whole, hitting levels not seen since the aftermath of World War II ...